Jun 24, 2024  
2020/2021 University Catalog 
    
2020/2021 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.

 

Educational Leadership

  
  • EDL 651 - Instructional Supervision and Adult Learning


    Units: 6

    Four lectures and four hours of activity.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program and classified graduate standing.

    Adult learning theory and professional growth development, assessment of quality instruction, collaborative practices to improve teaching and learning.

  
  • EDL 652 - Seminar in Instructional Leadership


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program and classified graduate standing.

    Improvement of instruction through application of principles and practices in assessment of teaching competency; development of teaching profiles; leadership skills in working with teachers to improve performance.

  
  • EDL 655 - Communication, Problem Solving, and Decision Making in PK12


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program and classified graduate standing.

    Educational leadership principles and practices for communication, problem solving, and decision making in preK-12 schools and educational organizations.

  
  • EDL 660 - Field Experience in Educational Leadership


    Units: 1-6

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program.

    Supervised field experience in schools or other educational settings. Monthly sessions with university faculty. Application to take this course must be made during preceding semester. Maximum Credits: 10 units of which 4 units are applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • EDL 680 - Seminar in PreK-12 Educational Administration


    Units: 2-6

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Educational administration in preK-12 schools and school districts. Field experience when appropriate. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • EDL 696 - Advanced Topics in Educational Leadership


    Units: 1-3

    Intensive study in specific areas of educational leadership. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • EDL 707 - Educational Law and Finance


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of a graduate degree and approval of department.

    Legal and financial aspects of educational administration including implications for policy formulation in the areas of personnel, instruction, and resource management.

  
  • EDL 720 - Human Resource Development in PreK-12 Educational Organizations


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of a graduate degree and approval of department.

    Human resource management in preK-12 educational administration including selection and evaluation of staff, contract management, and staff development. Personnel managerial styles, staff leadership, and motivation techniques as to morale and productivity. Analysis of educational personnel systems and employee assistance programs.

  
  • EDL 755 - Governance and Policy Development in PreK-12 Learning Organizations


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of a graduate degree and approval of department.

    Development of preK-12 educational policy and impact of politics in governance and administration; control functions of federal, state, and local agencies; influence of lay citizens and special interest groups; roles of judiciary, employee organizations and students.

  
  • EDL 760 - Practicum in PreK-12 Educational Organizations


    Units: 2-6

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Internship for preK-12 educational administrators. Application to take this course must be made in the preceding semester by preregistration with the credential program coordinator. Released time may be required. May be repeated. Maximum Credits: 12 units applicable to the Professional Administrative Services Credential.

  
  • EDL 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-6

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of staff; to be arranged with department chair and instructor.

    May involve fieldwork. Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • EDL 830 - Leadership for Learning


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to educational leadership doctoral program.

    Models of curriculum, instruction, and school organization. The leader’s role and responsibility in developing evidence-based decision making cultures that promote student achievement.

  
  • EDL 880 - Seminar in Topics in Educational Leadership


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to educational leadership doctoral program.

    Topical issues in field of educational leadership that have broad implications for research and practice in educational leadership. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to Ed.D. in educational leadership.

  
  • EDL 899 - Doctoral Dissertation


    Units: 1-15

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Only offered at: SDSU Global Campus

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy and an officially constituted dissertation committee.

    Preparation of the dissertation for the doctoral degree. Enrollment is required during the term in which the dissertation is approved. No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.


Electrical Engineering

  
  • E E 204 - Principles of Electrical Engineering


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 151  and PHYS 196  with a grade of C (2.0) or better in each course.

    Circuit analysis, phasor diagrams, single-phase and three-phase power, semiconductor devices and applications, and energy conversion devices.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted. Not acceptable for electrical or computer engineering majors.

  
  • E E 210 - Circuit Analysis I


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 151  and PHYS 196  with a grade of C (2.0) or better in each course.

    Circuit analysis by reduction methods, Thevinin and Norton’s equivalence, mesh current and nodal voltage analysis. Transient analysis of first-order circuits and use of phasors for steady-state sinusoidal analysis. Operational amplifier models, impedance, power. Computer software tools for circuit analysis.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 300 - Computational and Statistical Methods for Electrical Engineers


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 210  with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

    Random signals and events in electrical engineering. Introduction to basic probability, discrete and continuous random variables, joint random variables. Application of probabilistic models and concepts to engineering; data analysis and point estimation using computer-aided engineering tools.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 310 - Circuit Analysis II


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 210  with a grade of C (2.0) or better. MATH 252  or both A E 280  and MATH 254  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.

    Transient and frequency response of RLC circuits. Mutual inductance, network analysis using Laplace transformations, network functions, stability, convolution integrals, Bode diagrams, two-port networks, computer analysis of circuits.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 330 - Fundamentals of Engineering Electronics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 210  with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

    Application of diodes JFETs, MOSFETs, and BJTs in typical electronic circuits. Analysis and design of rectifiers, filters, and simple amplifiers using transistors and operational amplifiers.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 330L - Engineering Electronics Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in E E 330  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.

    Experimental study of laboratory instruments, diodes, rectifier circuits, filters, transistors, and operational amplifiers.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 340 - Electric and Magnetic Fields


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 210  with a grade of C (2.0) or better. A E 280  and MATH 252  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.

    Electrostatic and magnetostatic field theory using vector notation; Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’ Law and potential theory. Solutions to Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations; capacitance and inductance.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 380 - Electrical Energy Conversion


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 210  with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

    Magnetic circuits, transformers and polyphase AC networks. Fundamentals of electro-mechanical energy conversion; induction motors, synchronous machines and DC machines.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 380L - Electrical Energy Conversion Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in E E 380  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.

    Experimental study of DC, single and polyphase AC circuits, transformers, and machines.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 397 - Discussion: Electrical Engineering


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in associated course.

    Discussion and examples of problem-solving techniques in subject area. Weekly writing assignments summarizing material covered in lecture and identifying troublesome topics.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted. Not applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • E E 410 - Signals and Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 300  and E E 310  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course. File an approved master plan with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

    Linear time-invariant systems, Fourier analysis, continuous and discrete signals and systems, sampling and Laplace transform techniques.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 420 - Feedback Control Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 410 .

    Control systems including servomechanisms by Laplace transform method. System performance and stability; Nyquist, Bode, and root-locus diagrams; elementary synthesis techniques. Practical components and examples of typical designs.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 420L - Control Systems Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): E E 420 .

    Analog (op-amp based) and digital (microcontroller) implementation. Design of control systems to include lag, lead, optimal PID and LQR controller design, system identification. Use of sensors and actuators.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 430 - Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 310 , E E 330 , and A E 280  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.

    Single and multiple transistor amplifiers, power stages. Frequency response, feedback, stability, and operational amplifier circuits.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 430L - Electronic Circuits Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): E E 330L  and E E 430 .

    Design and evaluation of active filters and tuned amplifiers, current mirrors, feedback circuits, single-stage and multistage amplifiers, voltage regulators. Advanced uses of laboratory test equipment.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 434 - Electronic Materials and Devices


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 330  and E E 340  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.

    Crystal properties and growth of semiconductors, quantum mechanics of solids, shot noise and thermal noise, energy band and charge carriers, excess carrier in semiconductors, p-n junctions, solar cells, tunnel diodes, photodetectors.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 439 - Instrumentation Circuits


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in E E 430 .

    Design and analysis of mixed signal, analog/digital, electronic systems. Emphasis on operational amplifier based circuit design with design procedures needed to accommodate amplifier limitations in real world applications. Introduction to digitally controlled, analog signal processing.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 440 - Electromagnetic Waves


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 310  and E E 340  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.

    Time-domain form of Maxwell equations, electromagnetic wave propagation in unbound media, Poynting vector, reflection of plane waves, transmission line theory, Smith chart, different microwave transmission lines, wave propagation in bounded media, waveguides, and introduction to antennas.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 450 - Digital Signal Processing


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 410 .

    Discrete-time signals and systems, Sampling, Z-transform, Discrete-time Fourier transform and frequency responses, DFT, FFT, and introduction to IIR and FIR digital filter design. Formerly Numbered Electrical Engineering 556.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 455 - Antenna Theory and Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 440 .

    Wireless communication system. Fundamental antenna parameters, theory and design of different types of antennas (wire, aperture, broadband, array), and techniques for antenna analysis, fabrication and measurement.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 458 - Analog and Pulse Communication Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 410 .

    Analog and digital communication systems. Amplitude and frequency modulation, pulse modulation, and PCM. Introduction to information theory.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 458L - Communications and Digital Signal Processing Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in E E 458 .

    Experiments in modulation techniques, effects of noise on system performance, digital filters, and signal processing. Formerly Numbered Electrical Engineering 558L.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 480 - Power System Analysis


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): A E 280 , E E 310  and E E 380  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.

    Modern power system elements; calculation of load flow, fault currents, and system stability.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 483 - Power Distribution Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 380  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.

    Design and operation of electric power distribution systems. Design of primary and secondary systems, application of one phase and three phase transformer banks, and metering principles and practices.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 490 - Senior Design Project


    Units: 4

    Two lectures and six hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): COMPE 375  and E E 330L  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course. E E 410  and E E 430 .

    Supervised capstone design projects to provide integrative design experience for seniors to include ethics, professionalism, cost-effectiveness, and project management.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 495 - Internship


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of 96 units towards the electrical engineering major with a GPA of 3.0 or better.

    Internship or practicum experience. Not applicable to a major in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Maximum Credits: three units.

  
  • E E 496 - Advanced Electrical Engineering Topics


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Modern developments in electrical engineering. Maximum Credits: nine units for any combination of Electrical Engineering 496 and E E 596  applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted. See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • E E 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Approval of project adviser and department chair.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 502 - Electronic Devices for Rehabilitation


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): E E 330  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.

    Recent developments in electronic assistive devices and microcomputers for persons with various disabilities; assessment of disabled persons for suitable technological assistive devices.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 503 - Biomedical Instrumentation


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): A E 280  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better; E E 410  and E E 430  (or for Mechanical Engineering majors, E E 204  and M E 330 ).

    Instrumentation systems to monitor, image, control, and record physiological functions.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 522 - Digital Control Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 420 .

    Digital controls systems; design algorithms including analoginvariance methods, direct digital techniques, and non-parametric approaches such as fuzzy control, neural networks, and evolutionary systems; implementation considerations.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 530 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 430  with minimum grade of C-.

    Advanced treatment of transistor pairs, device mismatches, differential amplifiers, current mirrors, active loads, level shifting, and output stages. Parasitic and distributed device parameters. Economics of IC fabrication and impact on design.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 540 - Microwave Devices and Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 440 . Recommended: A E 515 .

    Applications of Maxwell’s equations to wave propagation. Microwave network parameters; guided wave transmission and reflection. Design of filters, couplers, power dividers and amplifiers. Applications in radar and telecommunications systems.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 540L - Microwave Design and Measurements Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in E E 430L  and E E 540 .

    Microwave measurement equipment, simulation tools for designing microwave components, vector network analyzer calibration, design and measurement of planar microwave components, and a design project.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 558 - Digital Communications


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 458 .

    Design of baseband digital communication systems; noise characterization, sampling, quantization, matched filter receivers, bit-error performance, inter-symbol interference, link budget analysis.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 581 - Power System Dynamics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 480 .

    Three-phase faults, symmetrical components, unsymmetrical faults, protective relay operating principles, economic dispatch of thermal power generation units, power system controls, voltage and power stability.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 584 - Power Electronics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 380  and E E 430  with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.

    Design and analysis of power electronic devices. Permanent-magnet and pulse-width modulation ac-to-ac converters, dc-to-ac inverters, power electronics applications, power semiconductor switches, and switch-mode power supplies. Formerly Numbered Electrical Engineering 484.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 584L - Power Electronics Laboratory


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in E E 584 .

    Experimental design of dc-dc converters (boost, buck, buck-boost), flyback and forward converters, voltage and current mode control design and implementation. Basic photovoltaics and maximum-power-point-tracking (MPPT) design and battery charge control using switched-mode dc-dc converters.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.

  
  • E E 596 - Advanced Electrical Engineering Topics


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Modern developments in electrical engineering. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: nine units for any combination of E E 496  and 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

    Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 596. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum combined credit of six units of E E 496  and 696 applicable to a 30-unit master’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • E E 600 - Seminar


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    An intensive study in advance electrical engineering. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • E E 601 - Linear System Theory and Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 420 .

    State models and solutions of the state equations, stability, controllability and observability, realizability and minimal realizations, linear state and output feedback control, introduction to linear optimal control.

  
  • E E 602 - Stochastic Signals and Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 410 .

    Random signals, correlation functions, power spectral densities, the Gaussian process, narrow band processes. Applications to communication systems.

  
  • E E 634 - RF Circuit Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 540 .

    RF component and circuit design in frequency domain and scattering parameter terms. Linear amplifiers, stability considerations, unilateralization, matching techniques, low-noise amplifiers, wideband designs, power amplifiers, linearity considerations, oscillators, and mixers.

  
  • E E 641 - RF Wireless Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 440 E E 558 E E 602 .

    Characteristics and performance measures of RF subsystem in wireless communication systems: wireless channel, antenna, modulators and demodulators, low-noise and power amplifiers, oscillators, ADC and DAC; receiver architectures, system-level design of RF front-end.

  
  • E E 645 - Antennas and Propagation


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 440 .

    Antenna radiation mechanism, antenna types, fundamental antenna parameters, microstrip patch antennas, theory and design of various array and wire antennas, antenna measurement techniques and radio wave propagation in different propagation environments to include mobile communications, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communications, and satellite communications.

  
  • E E 650 - Modern Communication Theory


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 558  and E E 602 .

    Wireless digital communication; bandpass modulation and demodulation, multiple access techniques, broadband signaling techniques, spread spectrum techniques; applications include CDMA and OFDM.

  
  • E E 652 - Principles and Applications of Information Theory


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 558  and E E 602 .

    Information measure of data sources; Shannon’s theorem and capacity of communication links; rate-distortion theory and performance of source codes.

  
  • E E 653 - Coding Theory


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 558 .

    Error control for digital information; arithmetic of Galois fields; block, cyclic, convolutional and turbo encoding and decoding; applications in digital communication and computer systems.

  
  • E E 654 - Adaptive Filter Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 450  and E E 602 .

    Constrained and unconstrained Wiener filters. Performance surfaces and gradient-based search methods. LMS and RLS algorithms. Lattice filters. Applications of adaptive filters in beamforming, channel equalization, echo cancellation, and system modeling.

  
  • E E 655 - Modem Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 450  and E E 558 .

    System level and DSP design of modems for wireless and wireline communications. Study modems for QAM, OFDM, CDMA, and T-1 modulation.

  
  • E E 656 - Multirate Signal Processing


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 450 .

    DSP techniques for sample rate changes in digital filters. Decimation and interpolation, aliasing as a processing option in resampling filters. Applications in communication and entertainment media systems.

  
  • E E 657 - Digital Image Processing


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 450 .

    Theory of two-dimensional signals and systems, image transforms, image enhancement, restoration and compression, image analysis and computer vision.

  
  • E E 658 - Advanced Digital Signal Processing


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 450  and E E 602 .

    Advanced topics in FIR and IIR filter design. Quantization effects in digital filters. Sigma-delta modulation. Signal modeling. Parametric and non-parametric spectral estimation. Frequency estimation.

  
  • E E 660 - High Speed Networks: Design Principles and Recent Advances


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMPE 560 .

    Provides students with knowledge of recent developments in area of computer networks. Current research in high speed computer networks.

  
  • E E 662 - Wireless Sensor Networks


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMPE 560 .

    Sensor platforms, wireless channel characteristics, time synchronization, medium access control, topology control, routing protocols, localization, coverage and placement, detection and tracking, query processing.

  
  • E E 665 - Multimedia Wireless Networks


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMPE 560 .

    Cross-layer protocol design, multimedia QoS-aware 4G, 5G, CRN, WLAN networks; multimedia source and bitstream characteristics, quality of service, and roles of processing capacity and power consumption.

  
  • E E 670 - Digital ASIC Design


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): COMPE 572 .

    High-performance and low-power digital application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips.

  
  • E E 674 - Signal and Power Integrity


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 440  and COMPE 572 .

    Interconnect and power distribution network design in very-large- scale integration systems packaging. High-speed transmission lines and crosstalk, macromodeling of interconnects. Switching noise, decoupling, numerical methodologies in power integrity design.

  
  • E E 684 - Advanced Power Electronics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): E E 584  and E E 601 .

    Advanced modeling strategies for bidirectional converters, DC/ DC converters, design and integration of power electronics interfaces into smart girds, multi-level inverters, Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) switching techniques, resonant/quasi-resonant converters, SiC and GaN switches, single/three phase inverters, and soft switching.

  
  • E E 685 - Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Design and Applications


    Units: 3

    Same As: M E 685 .
    Prerequisite(s): M E 585 .

    Design and manufacturing technology for micro- and nano-scale devices. Topics include solid state transducers, microscale physics, biomedical microelectronics, microfluidics, biosensors, and hybrid integration of microfabrication technology. Emphasis on biomedical applications.

  
  • E E 696 - Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering


    Units: 1-3

    Intensive study in specific areas of electrical engineering. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • E E 740 - Advanced Topics in Physical Electronics


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate level coursework in the area and consent of instructor.

    Selected topics in electromagnetic fields and waves, optoelectronics, and semiconductor devices. May be repeated with new content and consent of graduate adviser. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • E E 795 - Internship/Practicum


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Eighteen units of graduate level coursework in electrical engineering and consent of adviser.

    Supervised internship or practicum experience with approval of graduate adviser. Maximum Credits: three units.

    Note: Not applicable to an advanced degree.

  
  • E E 797 - Research


    Units: 1-6

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair. Open only to students in Plan A Thesis.

    Research in engineering. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree for students in Plan A only.

  
  • E E 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree for students in Plan B study.

  
  • E E 799A - Thesis or Project


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.

  
  • E E 799B - Thesis or Project Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis or Project 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis or project is granted final approval.

  
  • E E 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.

    Registration required for all students taking the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.


Engineering

  
  • ENGR 250 - Introduction to Renewable Energy


    Units: 3 GE

    Only offered at: SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 150  with a grade of C (2.0) or better or satisfaction of the SDSU Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Assessment requirement and qualification on the Mathematics Placement Assessment. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required.

    Energy sources and systems. Future challenges and trends of energy use. Incentives and policies on energy resources. Laws of thermodynamics and factors impacting economic viability of power generation.

  
  • ENGR 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • ENGR 496 - Advanced Engineering Topics


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade point average of 2.0 in engineering.

    Modern developments in engineering. Maximum Credits: six units for any combination of 496, 499, and 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • ENGR 795 - Internship/Practicum


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Twenty-seven units of graduate level coursework in the Master of Engineering program and consent of graduate adviser.

    Supervised internship or practicum experience with approval of graduate adviser. Not applicable to an advanced degree. Maximum Credits: three units.

  
  • ENGR 797 - Research


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Research in engineering. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • ENGR 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-6

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and consent of Associate Dean of College of Engineering.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to Master of Engineering degree.

  
  • ENGR 799A - Project


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed project committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a project for the master’s degree.

  
  • ENGR 799B - Project Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Project 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed project is granted final approval.

  
  • ENGR 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree.

  
  • ENGR 800 - Seminar


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.

    Doctoral students are expected to attend a weekly seminar dealing with current topics in different areas of applied mechanics. Course is to be taken every semester.

  
  • ENGR 810 - Colloquium in Engineering Sciences


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.

    Discussions on advances in research in engineering science/applied mechanics conducted by SDSU and UCSD faculty.

  
  • ENGR 897 - Doctoral Research


    Units: 1-15

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.

    Independent research in general areas of applied mechanics. Content to be determined after consultation with adviser.

  
  • ENGR 898 - Doctoral Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy.

    Individual study leading to study and research required for doctoral dissertation.

  
  • ENGR 899 - Doctoral Dissertation


    Units: 3-15

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially constituted joint doctoral committee and successful completion of Senate Qualifying Examination.

    Final research and preparation of dissertation for doctoral degree. Enrollment required during term in which dissertation is approved.


English

  
  • ENGL 100 - Rhetoric of Written Argument


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: RWS 100  
    International students are advised to take LING 100B .

    Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Written Communication Assessment requirement. (See Graduation Requirements section of catalog.) Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required.

    Writing and reading as critical inquiry, designed to help students undertake university-level writing projects. Focus on rhetoric of written arguments. Students learn to use sources in their writing and make appropriate decisions about structure, cohesion, and rhetorical conventions.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in a higher-numbered composition course or AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or LING 100B  or RWS 100  or RWS 105B .

  
  • ENGL 157 - Comics and History


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: HIST 157 .
    Aesthetics, interplay of texts and images, visual communication, and changes over time.

  
  • ENGL 200 - Rhetoric of Written Arguments in Context


    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: RWS 200 
    International students are advised to take LING 200 .

    Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Written Communication Assessment requirement and RWS 100  [or ENGL 100 ] or RWS 105B , or AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or LING 100B . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Further practice in writing, reading, and critical thinking. Emphasis on rhetoric of written arguments in context and using multiple sources in writing. Continued attention to structure, cohesion, and rhetorical conventions.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in AFRAS 200 , AMIND 225 , CCS 200 , LING 200 , or RWS 200 . Completion of RWS 200  may require completion of the library workbook assignment.

  
  • ENGL 220 - Introduction to Literature


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): A grade of C (2.0) or better in ENGL 100  [or RWS 100 ], AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or LING 100B  or RWS 105B . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Inquiry into basic nature of literature. What prompts humankind to creation of imaginative literature? What purposes does literature serve in cultural life of humanity? What are its social, philosophical, spiritual, and esthetic values? Some consideration may be given to techniques and major critical theories, but focus will be on practical criticism for nonspecialists. Specific works studied will be representative of several genres, cultures, and periods of literature.

 

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